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The eruption of neighboring superstar Eta Carinae over 170 years ago is fascinating researchers and setting records for the fastest jettisoned gas from a stellar outburst.
Approximately 170 years ago, a stellar eruption sped away from our massive (and incredibly unstable) neighboring superstar Eta Carinae. Now, a team from the University of Arizona in conjunction with NASA has determined this event holds the record for the fastest jettisoned gas ever measured from a star -- without the star self-destructing.
The energy from the blast would be equivalent to that of a traditional supernova explosion, events that often leave behind only the corpse of a star. However, this double star system stayed relatively intact.
For the last seven years, University of Arizona's Nathan Smith and the Space Telescope Science Institute's Armin Rest determined how powerful the blast was by looking at echoes of light surrounding Eta Carinae.
(Score: 3, Funny) by ikanreed on Wednesday August 08 2018, @03:00PM (6 children)
Fart joke. The end.
(Score: 2, Offtopic) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday August 08 2018, @03:38PM (2 children)
You could have been replying to "U.S. Economy Adds 157,000 Jobs in July!" but @janrinok didn't like the title -- Sub rejected. He said it was the title. But he lives in the badly failing UK. And I think he hates to read about our great success. Absolutely hates it!!!
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday August 08 2018, @05:20PM (1 child)
1. I don't live in the UK - you are wrong.
2. Your submissions might have been accepted if you had kept them neutral and unbiased. Your adopted political persona must not affect your submissions; if it does they will be rejected. Try reading this again : https://wiki.soylentnews.org/wiki/Submission_guidelines [soylentnews.org].
3. We only accept a very small number of political submissions because most do not generate an intelligent discussion, and they are often only of interest to a small proportion of our community. Try putting them in your journal where you are free to publish whatever you wish with whatever bias you wish.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by ikanreed on Wednesday August 08 2018, @07:18PM
No, actually maybe don't make the gimmicky political troll account an editor, even if it seems like a fair thing to do.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday August 08 2018, @05:57PM (2 children)
...fastest jettisoned gas from a stellar outburst.
Until they removed Trump's star from the Walk of Fame...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @07:15PM
The Russians had put it back and were guarding it [thehill.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @09:50PM
Old Fart joke.